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Algernon Blackwood has influenced weird fiction and horror writers down to the present day, with H.P. Lovecraft naming him among the modern masters of the genre.

East of Vienna, a canoe trip down the length of the Danube River turns strange and horrifying.

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Considered by H.P. Lovecraft to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature, "The Willows" is a classic example of early modern horror and "weird fiction".As two men travel down the Danube River on a canoe trip, they are harassed by sinister supernatural forces, felt... Read Full Overview

The Willows is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories . Two friends are taking a break from a canoe-trip down the snaking, sinuous Danube River when they discover the corpse of a peasant... Read Full Overview

The Willows is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories . Two friends are taking a break from a canoe trip down the snaking, sinuous Danube River when they discover the corpse of a peasant... Read Full Overview

A lo largo de su vida, desempe oficios muy variados en Norteam rica: granjero en Canad , encargado de un hotel, minero en Alaska, reportero en Nueva York. De vuelta a Inglaterra, comenz a escribir relatos de terror, con gran xito. Como a otros escritores brit nicos del g... Read Full Overview

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Willows by Algernon Blackwood The Willows is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been influential... Read Full Overview

In "The Willows," Algernon Blackwood masterfully intertwines the supernatural with the natural world, presenting a haunting tale of two friends on a canoe trip along the Danube. Blackwood's prose is rich and evocative, capturing the essence of the landscape while simultaneously... Read Full Overview

"They first became properly visible, these huge figures, just within the tops of the bushes -- immense, bronze-colored, moving, and wholly independent of the swaying of the branches. I saw them plainly and noted, now I came to examine them more calmly, that... Read Full Overview

The Willows is a novella by Algernon Blackwood, first published in 1907. It is often considered one of Blackwood's greatest works and a classic of supernatural fiction. The story is renowned for its atmospheric tension and exploration of the unknown.

Two friends, the... Read Full Overview

The change came suddenly, as when a series of bioscope pictures snaps down on the streets of a town and shifts without warning into the scenery of lake and forest. We entered the land of desolation on wings, and in less than half an hour there was neither boat nor fishing-hut... Read Full Overview

The Willows is famous for being influential on a number of later writers, in particular horror author H.P. Lovecraft who praised it as the finest supernatural tale in English literature. The set-up is intriguing: Two friends are taking a break from a canoe-trip down the snaking,... Read Full Overview

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"The Willows" is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been influential on a number of later writers. Horror author H.P. Lovecraft... Read Full Overview

Newly recruited Scotland Yard detective Gabriel Syme infiltrates a dangerous underworld anarchist group with the help of a poet he befriends, named Lucian Gregory. The taut adventure that ensues is part spy narrative, part dystopian novel and part Christian allegory. Chesterton's... Read Full Overview

Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows" stands as a seminal work within the horror genre, embodying an enigmatic interplay of natural beauty and existential dread. Through its richly evocative prose, Blackwood crafts a haunting narrative that weaves together psychological introspection... Read Full Overview

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's... Read Full Overview

Algernon Blackwood's "The Willows" is a masterful exploration of the supernatural, intricately weaving psychological terror with vividly lyrical descriptions of nature. Set along the banks of the Danube, this novella delves into the mysterious and unsettling aspects of the natural... Read Full Overview

Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. Throughout the story Blackwood personifies the surrounding environment-river, sun, wind-and imbues them with a powerful and ultimately threatening character. Most ominous are the masses of dense, desultory, menacing... Read Full Overview

Great revelations of nature, of course, never fail to impress in one way or another, and I was no stranger to moods of the kind. Mountains overawe and oceans terrify, while the mystery of great forests exercises a spell peculiarly its own. But all these, at one point or another,... Read Full Overview